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Speech: What Trump’s UK Visit Means
Trump Not Welcome, 17 September 2025 Protest, London This is the speech I was meant to give at the… Read more ⇢
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The Stories We Tell
Tech oligarchs are coopting fictional universes to sell us a false story of their inevitability. To defeat them we… Read more ⇢
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A Map, the Sea, and Many Olive Trees
1. My grandfather was from Haifa, exiled to Lebanon alongside hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in 1948. 2. My… Read more ⇢
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Break the Dam, Release the River
1. In The Lord of the Rings, my favourite historical documentary, a group of Ents and Huorns rise up… Read more ⇢
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Notes on Assadism, Zionism, Fascism and Hope
This essay does not end like it begins. I considered dividing it in two but ultimately decided to keep… Read more ⇢
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The Génocidaires Can Never Rest
The walls are closing in on the Israeli génocidaires, and this is just the beginning. Two IDF soldiers were… Read more ⇢
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Framing 'Violence', from the 2025 LA protests to the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon
On how ‘violence’ is reported on, from the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon to the 2025 LA protests This… Read more ⇢
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Deutschlalaland: Germany Wants to Rewrite its Holocaust History
This will be a quick one. If you stop thinking that Germany’s response to anything Israel is about Holocaust… Read more ⇢
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Starry, Starry Night: Fatima Hassouna's Loud Death
A loud death means doing the memory work against forgetfulness, not in some distant future, but right here, right… Read more ⇢
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Hafez al-Assad, the Puppy Killer
That One Footage of the Syrian Army, And Why I Can’t Get Over It In Arabic, ‘al-Assad’ literally means… Read more ⇢
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Ordo Amoris
A Call for Dangerous Unselfishness Pope Francis has died. I don’t usually talk about my personal beliefs, but I… Read more ⇢
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How Media Outlets Covered Israel's Massacre of Palestinian Medics
A look at how the BBC, NPR, NYT and AP News covered Israel’s execution of Palestinian rescue workers and… Read more ⇢
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How The Times, the BBC and The Guardian Responded to the Le Pen news
It Ain’t Good Something predictable happened. That is, if you’re unfortunate enough to be someone like me who insists… Read more ⇢
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Nostalgia is good, actually
Restorative vs. reflective nostalgia Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my… Read more ⇢
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On the Financial Times' profile of Sultan Al-Jaber, oil man
Stenography is not Journalism I did my Bachelor’s in environmental health before switching to the social sciences and doing… Read more ⇢
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Spartacus in Palestine
Elia Suleiman’s ‘The Time That Remains’, Kubrick’s ‘Spartacus’ and Omar El Akkad’s ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been… Read more ⇢
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Punishing the Land
Israeli symbolism during the Gaza genocide An audio of me reading and commenting on this piece is available at… Read more ⇢
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Lebanon's Lost Communist Future
What Maher Abi Samra’s “We Were Communists” (2011) says about the present This is a long one folks, but… Read more ⇢
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This Moment
Or, Why I Cannot Mourn Gaza Audio of me reading this piece will be available at the end of… Read more ⇢
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Songs of the Syrian Revolution
Introduction to a new series on Hauntologies On the 30th of December 2011, surrounded by thousands of Syrian protesters… Read more ⇢
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Destroying the Language of Power
What Elias Khoury (1948-2024) Taught Me In a 2018 interview with the leftwing Lebanese outlet Megaphone News, the writer… Read more ⇢
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Merry Christmas Homs
Tribute to Bassel Shehadeh’s last city Merry Christmas Homs starts with the sound of an airstrike. It gets quieter,… Read more ⇢
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Forever is Over
On the Fall of Bashar Al-Assad Upon entering Syria you are ‘welcomed’ with one of the most recognisable sentences… Read more ⇢
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An Idea Called Daraya
Homage to the rebellious Syrian town By the time Huda was arrested by regime soldiers in 2013, the siege… Read more ⇢
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Checking in
We got this This will be a quick one. So Trump’s back. Somehow it doesn’t feel surprising given the… Read more ⇢
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The Madness They Suffer From
The Ghosts of Israel’s Future, Part IV In 1982, the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was in Beirut when the… Read more ⇢
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Novara Media: Understanding Hezbollah, Israel’s ‘Best Enemy’
Interview on Novara Media Read more ⇢
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In Lebanon the Face of Death is a 42 year Old Israeli Man
The Ghosts of Israel’s Future, Part III It’s become a nightly routine. As many seek to maintain a semblance… Read more ⇢
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My child is the age of the Gaza genocide
The Ghosts of Israel’s Future, Part II Edit 10 February 2025: a version of this piece was published in… Read more ⇢
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972Mag: With pager blasts and airstrikes, Israel unleashes its terror on Lebanon
The article discusses recent violent attacks in Lebanon attributed to Israel’s advanced military tactics, highlighting societal trauma, Hezbollah’s strategic… Read more ⇢
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Popular Front: Exploding Pagers, Carpet Bombing, and a Dead Nasrallah
My audio interview on Popular Front Read more ⇢
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Hezbollah: 10 Things You Need To Know
Plus an extra one and a list of resources. Following the most recent Israeli attacks in Lebanon against Hezbollah… Read more ⇢
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Yeshayahu Leibowitz's Prophecy for Israel
The Ghosts of Israel’s Future, Part I In 1968, the Israeli Jewish philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903-1994) wrote an essay… Read more ⇢
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Red Pepper: Left analyses of imperialism must stand against ‘campism’
The article critiques imperialism’s evolution, highlighting the complexities of geopolitical dynamics and urges a more nuanced opposition to authoritarianism. Read more ⇢
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The Democrats Have an Israel Problem
There’s never been greater momentum for the Democrats to understand that erasing Palestinians is bad politics. Four years ago… Read more ⇢
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Blog: Borders and (the Lack of) Imagination
The discourse around immigration in the UK has been absurd for a long time Read more ⇢
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Shado Mag: Condemned to be an optimist: celebrating James Baldwin
This piece was first published on Shado Mag on 2 August 2024. Check out the original piece as it… Read more ⇢
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Al Jazeera: The EU is subcontracting Lebanon’s ruling oligarchs to stop migrants
The EU’s 1 billion-euro aid package for Lebanon may worsen the situation for refugees and reinforce the grip of… Read more ⇢
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Blog: The Capacity to Grieve
I’ve truly lost the capacity to contain within me even a fraction of the news from Gaza, let alone… Read more ⇢
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Slingshot: We teach life
The Israeli state’s actions in Gaza have led to extensive destruction, death, and suffering. Despite widespread documentation, outside intervention… Read more ⇢
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Blog: They’re going after Syrian refugees again
The Lebanese Forces seek revenge against Syrians after the killing of one of their own. They target refugees to… Read more ⇢
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Book Chapter: Songs for Free Syria and Regional Cross-Border Solidarity
The chapter in “Beyond Molotovs: A Visual Handbook of Anti-Authoritarian Strategies” explores the impact and adaptation of Syrian protest… Read more ⇢
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Carnegie Middle East Center: Troubled Waters in Conflict: Gaza, Jawlan, Lebanon, the West Bank, and Yemen
The Middle East and North Africa face water challenges exacerbated by climate change, armed conflict, and occupation. A panel… Read more ⇢
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Politically Depressed Eps. 9-12
This is a compilation of 4 episodes of our new podcast Politically Depressed, created by writer and organizer Ayman… Read more ⇢
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Compendium: Troubled Waters in Conflict and a Changing Climate
Transboundary Basins Across the Middle East and North Africa. Read more ⇢
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Politically Depressed Eps. 5-8
This is a compilation of 4 episodes of our new podcast Politically Depressed, a weekly podcast by Lebanese writer… Read more ⇢
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Politically Depressed – First 4 Episodes
The Fire These Times is expanding into a network of autonomous, decentralized projects and podcasts from the periphery. The… Read more ⇢
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Blog: When the Dust Settles
German Antisemitism Comes for the Palestinians. Read more ⇢
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Understanding Hamas: Anti-Authoritarian Perspectives – Remastered
In light of the genocidal onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza following the October 7th Hamas attack, we’ve decided to… Read more ⇢
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L’Orient Today: Anxious in Beirut’: A surreal experience
This piece was initially published on L’Orient Today on 25 July 2023. Read more ⇢
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Commons Ukraine: The fall of Putin’s regime could lead to the collapse of Assad and the Iranian regime
This is an interview I did with Alona Liasheva of ‘Commons’ journal of social criticism, a left-wing Ukrainian media… Read more ⇢
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South South Movement: A view of anti-imperialism from the periphery
This piece was initially published on south/south dialogues on 05 July 2023 Read more ⇢
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Queer Mutual Aid Lebanon Special Fundraising!
The Fire These Times is fundraising for Queer Mutual Aid Lebanon! Here to talk to us about their work,… Read more ⇢
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Newlines: What if We Cancel the Apocalypse?
How the aesthetic, utopian yet pragmatic movement of Solarpunk reimagines a future without a climate catastrophe Read more ⇢
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Al Jazeera: How the European far right coopted an Arabic letter
In the wake of Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing victory in Italy, her support for persecuted Middle Eastern Christians and dictators… Read more ⇢
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Shado Mag: On Ukraine-Syria solidarity and the ‘anti-imperialism of idiots’
How many Leftists are failing those caught in the crossfire of oppressive regimes Read more ⇢
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Blog: anti-social media
I’m really good at Twitter-ing. I’ve been described as hyper-online, I’ve gathered some 31,000+ followers and I have that… Read more ⇢
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Hezbollah couldn’t ask for a better enemy than Israel
Initially published on 972Mag on 18 January 2022. In the two decades since Israel ended its 18-year military occupation… Read more ⇢
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Slavery continues in Lebanon
Migrant domestic workers do not need saving. What they do need is for us to end our complicit in… Read more ⇢
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It Could Happen Here: On The New Periphery
Hey everyone, As I’m taking a bit of a break I’m sharing with you the episode I did on… Read more ⇢
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Mangal Media: Solarpunk, Climate Change and the New Thinkable
As I’m taking a wee break, here’s an interview I gave on the Mangal Media podcast about my article… Read more ⇢
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Voice Messages From The Balkan Route
As I’m taking a bit of a break, I thought I’d share with you a recording published by the… Read more ⇢
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The emotional case for postgrowth
The environmental crisis forces us to question the way our societies are built. Within that crisis are multiple crises… Read more ⇢
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To “leftist” admirers of Assad’s Syria
Translation of Farouk Mardam-Bey’s article from the French Read more ⇢
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I read the names of the Beirut port explosion victims
This is a special episode in which I just read the names of those who died due to the… Read more ⇢
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August 4th 2020: "It Sounded Like The World Itself Was Breaking Open" (With Lina Mounzer)
This is a special episode, initially recorded and released on August 7th 2020 with Lina Mounzer. I’m re-releasing it… Read more ⇢
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Solarpunk, Climate Change and the New Thinkable
How Solarpunk can help us think about our future Read more ⇢
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The Jewish and Arab Questions, and European Fascism
The Jewish and Arab Questions, and European Fascism Read more ⇢
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On erasures and ‘discourse’
‘the discourse’ has nothing to do with reality. Read more ⇢
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Special Episode: Palestine and Global Solidarity
This is a special episode with Sumaya Awad and Shireen Akram-Boshar. Sumaya’s the co-editor of the book “Palestine: A… Read more ⇢
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Syrian ‘elections’ and scapegoating in Lebanon
This is the constant in Lebanese politics: scapegoating refugees. Read more ⇢
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Intervention: Majed Abusalama #GazaUnderAttack
As he was talking to me Majed Abusalama‘s family was being threatened with airstrikes by the Israeli state. Video… Read more ⇢
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[Repost]: Wretched of the Earth: Thoughts on Syria, Palestine and Discourse
In light of what’s been happening in Palestine I am re-releasing my conversation with Mohammed Sulaiman from last year. … Read more ⇢
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Special Episode: A Conversation on Israel-Palestine, (Anti)Zionism and International Solidarity
A conversation with my good friend Maya Schkolne on (anti)Zionism and international solidarity. Also: having multiple identities, Jewish supremacists… Read more ⇢
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The Revolutionizing Nature of the Lebanese Uprising
Another look into the October 2019 uprising in Lebanon, from a published book chapter. Read more ⇢
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Bisri Valley: Understanding the Wealth of Bisri and its National Discourse
This article is an invitation to explore the links between the movement to stop the Bisri Dam project, a… Read more ⇢
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#StopAsianHate [Repost] Sex Workers' Rights, Basebuilding and Mutual Aid (with Kate Zen)
Hey everyone, I don’t usually do this but in light of recent events friends suggested that I republish this… Read more ⇢
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Hezbollah’s Resistance™ against resistance
it is useful to separate between Hezbollah’s narrative of being the Resistance™ and what resistance actually is, or, at… Read more ⇢
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Memory, violence and fear: Why Lokman Slim’s murder must not be depoliticized
The forcibly disappeared and the murdered in Lebanon are killed twice. First, physically, and second, they are erased. …… Read more ⇢
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Black-Palestinian Solidarity: Towards an Intersectionality of Struggles
Book chapter I wrote as part of “Social Justice and Israel/Palestine: Foundational and Contemporary Debates” Read more ⇢
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The Perfect Day Will Never Come: Restlessness in “A Perfect Day” and “Here Comes the Rain”
This is the third excerpt of the book chapter I wrote as part of the book “The Social Life… Read more ⇢
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Decay as Political Metaphor in Ely Dagher’s Waves’ 98 and Mounia Akl’s Submarine
Ely Dagher’s 2015 Waves ’98 and Mounia Akl’s 2016 Submarine, as unique responses to a feeling of despair brought… Read more ⇢
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Twitter’s “Left” Discourse
Algorithmically-perceived Expectations ain’t Discourse Read more ⇢
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On Social Media
Or: on data harvesting and manipulative behavior modification Read more ⇢
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Reflections on the first 50 episodes and upcoming projects
This is an unusual episode in that it’s just me reflecting on the first 50 episodes that were released… Read more ⇢
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Leftists and anti-authoritarians have a responsibility to vote out Trump
Biden is problematic, but he can be pushed to the left if we intensify our struggles for justice and… Read more ⇢
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The trans-generational climate crisis
There is something particularly unsettling about being an almost-30 year old in 2020. Read more ⇢
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resilient: broken
Beirut never healed. It just learned to accept its predicament. Beirut, like our parents, is not resilient. It is… Read more ⇢
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Lebanon’s multiple crises also expose the racist Kafala system
on the structural components behind the racialization and dehumanization of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon Read more ⇢
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The Interviews
Starting over the next few months I will be conducting a number of bilingual interviews on Lebanon with people… Read more ⇢
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What it means to be black and African in Lebanon
Raw stories from 21 black African students at the American University of Beirut Read more ⇢
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Intervention: Ghanaian woman on surviving slavery in Lebanon. #AbolishKafala
211 Ghanaian citizens returned home after working as migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and this is what one of… Read more ⇢
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Intervention: Saleem Haddad on the death of Sarah Hegazy
This is the audio version of Saleem Haddad‘s reaction to the death of Sarah Hegazy, which he posted on… Read more ⇢
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‘Revolution everywhere’: A conversation between Hong Kong and Lebanese protesters
Lausan spoke to Lebanese activist, writer, and scholar Elia J. Ayoub about the ongoing protests, the resonances between our… Read more ⇢
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Intervention: Street Action #BlackLivesMatter
This is a PSA from the Channel Zero Network. I’m posting it here in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter. Justice for… Read more ⇢
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Israel left Lebanon 20 years ago. We’re still fighting for our liberation
F. from southern Lebanon reflects on Lebanon’s Liberation Day. He discusses Hezbollah’s evolution, its involvement in Syria, and the… Read more ⇢
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Stopping the Bisri Dam: From Local to National Contestation
The Lebanese government has decided to go ahead with the construction of a controversial dam in the Bisri Valley… Read more ⇢
I’m a writer, researcher and podcaster. I mostly write about memory, hauntings, liminality, authoritarianism, and alternative futurities. I’m from Lebanon and I live in Sussex.
